Kael’s POVI thought that if I showed up, if I lowered my head, she would look at me the way she used to.I saw the surprise she failed to hide in her eyes, and I told myself I was right. She still loved me. I knew that.She could never possibly let go of everything so quickly.But when she stood in front of me, calm and unfamiliar, I lost control anyway.She was different from before. More composed, more restrained, dressed not in a gown but in practical hunting clothes. That unfamiliarity unsettled me, even frightened me.The sharp words slipped out before I could stop them. I mocked her for running away, desperate to catch even a trace of attachment in her eyes.There was nothing.I forgot why I had come. I had meant to apologize, to beg for her forgiveness, to ask her to return to my side.Elena could not have missed how undone I was. The news of my lost inheritance must have reached the north long ago.The Elena I once knew would have held me gently, comforted me, helped me re
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